H02.044 — Spastic entropion of left upper eyelid
H02.044 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for spastic entropion of left upper eyelid. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Risk adjustment
H02.044 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
H02.044 is named in 19 Medicare coverage policies — 19 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.
- A56439Billing and Coding: Blepharoplasty
- A56503Billing and Coding: Blepharoplasty, Eyelid Surgery, and Brow Lift
- A56908Billing and Coding: Blepharoplasty, Blepharoptosis and Brow Lift
- A57025Billing and Coding: Blepharoplasty, Blepharoptosis Repair and Surgical Procedures of the Brow
How H02.044 is indexed
Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to H02.044.
- Entropion›spastic›left›upper
Related codes at this level
Codes that share H02.04. If H02.044 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- H02.041Spastic entropion of right upper eyelid
- H02.042Spastic entropion of right lower eyelid
- H02.043Spastic entropion of right eye, unspecified eyelid
- H02.045Spastic entropion of left lower eyelid
- H02.046Spastic entropion of left eye, unspecified eyelid
- H02.049Spastic entropion of unspecified eye, unspecified eyelid
Questions about H02.044
- Is H02.044 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. H02.044 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does H02.044 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the eye and adnexa (H00-H59), in the block Disorders of eyelid, lacrimal system and orbit (H00-H05).